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lil  ·  4197 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Have you ever said something and then immediately regretted it?

Back when I was a college teacher, a student had missed the first three classes of my course. When he finally showed up, I said something off-hand like "I guess this course isn't too high on your priority list." He said, "I was having a round of chemo for my cancer." (??!!)

Similar situation, student said, "I had to go to (insert far-away place) to donate bone marrow for my relative's leukemia."

Long ago, I was volunteering for the food co-op, taking orders. I am sitting. Attractive man standing next to me is giving me his order and flirting with me. I run my hand under the bottom of his jeans...looking for some skin. I go higher and higher and finally say, "Your boots go up really high." He says, "It's a wooden leg." (True story.)